 | John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 Seiten
...description! of Homer so forcible, if it be not the judicious selection of general qualities? such as— " White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing thro" every shroud r Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors, freeze with fears* And instant death on ev'ry... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 Seiten
...reality, " Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall Like fiire from Jove, and hursts upon thorn all ; Bursts as a wave, that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempest o'er the the ship descends. While are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...below. Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall l.ike fire from Jove, and bursts upon them all : Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And...masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears. So pale the Greeks the... | |
 | Homer - 1822 - 342 Seiten
...below. Girt in surrounding flames, he seems to fall Like fire from Jove, and bursts upon them all : Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends ; WhKe are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1822 - 406 Seiten
...years before Christ; and we find that sails were certainly used before Homer's time, who says • " the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud." At that period the use of hemp was not discovered. Flax is a slender plant, that seldom exceeds two... | |
 | 1823 - 872 Seiten
...rear, And gods are wearied with their fruitless prayer. ARISTJEL'S. Burst as a wave that from the cloud impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends....masts, and sing through every shroud. Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears, And instant death on every wave appears. HOMER. GRA [ G. tu lent... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1824 - 820 Seiten
...possible that she might receive an answer to her letter. CHAP. XXXIX. A« when a wave, that from a clnuil impends, And, swell'd with tempests, on the ship descends...winds, aloud, Howl o'er the masts, and sing through ev'ry shroud : Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on every wave... | |
 | Homer - 1825 - 286 Seiten
...helow. Girt in surrounding flames, lie seems to fall, Like fire from Jove, and hursts upon them all: Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And...Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Hale, tremhling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on every wave appears. So... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 Seiten
...: Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impend-, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descernís ; t axle tarns the hidden wheel 890 Of sounding bras« ; the polish'd axle steel. Eight brazen spoke : 755 Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears ; And instant death on every wave appears.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830 - 492 Seiten
...prayer. The other, from Homer, I shall give in Pope's translation ; Burst as a wave that from the cloud impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends....White are the decks with foam : the winds aloud Howl o'erthe masts, and sing through every shroud, Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears,... | |
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White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears. 
